Individual Details

Rush David PRATER

(17 Aug 1903 - 3 Jan 1982)

Events

Birth17 Aug 1903Smyth Co., VA
Census1910Saltville, Smyth Co., VA
Census1920Rich Valley, Smyth Co., VA
Marriage11 Aug 1926Smyth Co., VA - Bessie RICHARDSON
Census (family)1930Saltville Twp., Washington Co., VA - Bessie RICHARDSON
Census (family)1940Rich Valley, Smyth Co., VA - Bessie RICHARDSON
Death3 Jan 1982of gastrointestinal bleeding - Marion, Smyth Co., VA
BurialMt. Rose Cemetery, Glade Spring, Washington Co., VA

Families

SpouseBessie RICHARDSON (1907 - 1997)
ChildDavid 'Amos' PRATER (1927 - 1994)
ChildJames Henry PRATER (1929 - 1965)
ChildEdgar Victory "Ed" PRATER (1931 - 1997)
ChildRush Richard "Bill" PRATER (1934 - 2011)
ChildWilliam 'Curtis' PRATER Sr. (1939 - 2011)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherVictory "Vick" PRATER (1882 - 1969)
MotherEllen ALLISON (1882 - 1905)

Notes

Birth

From grave plaque; Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 (Ancestry.com); Thomas Wesley Prater Bible; SSDI shows 17 Oct 1902.

Census

Age 7

Census

Age 16, living with grandfather Thomas Prater.

Census (family)

David Rush 30
Bessie Rush 26
David A Rush 3
James H Rush 8/12

Census (family)

Rush D Prater 36
Bessie Prater 33
Amas Prater 13
James Prater 10
Edgar Prater 9
Richard Prater 6
Curtis Prater 1
Elizabeth Prater 89 [grandmother]

Death

From: VA Death Certificate #82-001849; grave plaque; Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 (Ancestry.com); SSDI.